Improvement in shovel-plows



J. 0.- BOYD.

Cultivator.

No. 58.531. Patented Out. 9, 1866.

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IMPROVEMENT IN SH OVEL-PLOWS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 58,581, dated October9, 1866.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JESSE O. BOYD, of Milroy, in the county of ltush andState of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inShovel-Flows and do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear,and exact description of the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings and the letters of reference marked thereon,making a part of this specification.

In the annexed drawings, A A represent two beams, which are secured asuitable distance apart and attached to the horizontal beam 0 by meansof swivels H H. At the rear end of each of said beams are smalluprights, to which are secured the shovels D D.

E E are suitable handles, which are supported by the extended portionsof the plowuprights, and are secured by the rods Z) b, which passobliquely from the lower end of the handles through the beams A andupright.

B represents a beam, which is stationarily secured to the beam 0 andplaced between the beams A A. This beam. B extends farther to the rearthan the beams A A, and is also provided with a shovel.

F F are two straight metal bars provided with slots, as shown, neartheir inner ends, and secured to the beams A A. The inner ends of thesebars are connected to the beam B by means of the set-screw t, and can beadjusted so that the beams A A will be near or far from beam B, asdesired.

K represents the singletree, which is attached to the horizontal beam Oand the hoop I.

In the operation of this shovel-plow, it will be seen that the beams AA, turning upon their swivels H H, can be forced near the beam B bymeans of the slotted bars F F, and there firmly secured by means of theset-screw it, so that the shovels D may be worked near each other.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The beams A A, in combination with the upright shovels and handles, whenconnected to the beam 0 by means of the swivels H H and attached tothebeam B by slotted bars F F and set-screw t, arranged substantially asspecified.

As evidence that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand inthe presence of two witnesses.

JESSE O. BOYD.

IVitnesses JOHN ZIMERLEE, J. W. INNIs.

